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PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETER DUBENS FOUNDATION

charitable activities in the areas of education, marine conservation, children, and health. The charity does not accept requests for unsolicited donations as it chooses charities to partner with.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £553,033 to £317,246 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming donations. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by committed donations from key donors. The charity operates with no paid employees and minimal ongoing costs, adhering to a reserves policy target of one year's running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“All donations received during the period were from the charity trustee, Peter Dubens.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year's worth of running costs (held: £317k)
“The Trustees have set the target level of unrestricted reserves to be a minimum of one year's worth of running costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£317k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.5m
31/03/2024£745k£447k
31/03/2023£999k£689k
30/11/2021£501k£536k
30/11/2020£11k£13k

Common questions

Is PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £553,033 to £317,246 due to charitable expenditure exceeding incoming donations. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by committed donations from key donors. The charity operates with no paid employees and minimal ongoing costs, adhering to a reserves policy target of one year's running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TARA GETTY FOUNDATION1£166k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£25k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION1£6k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£5k
WHITEHEAD MONCKTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PETERS FAMILY FOUNDATION CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PETER DUBENS FAMILY FOUNDATION£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE PETERS FAMILY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025£243k—0within—no doubt
OCEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DU BROW CHARITY FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
RIVERSIDE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£205k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.